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Meet The Better You Institute:
A Therapy Practice for Lasting Change

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Your Growth Is Why We’re Here

A Better You Isn’t a Destination It’s a Process

At The Better You Institute, we offer more than symptom relief; we support your transformation and stability. Our professionally trained therapists specialize in helping individuals, couples, and families get to the root causes, process and heal from past experiences, and build lasting emotional health and well-being. Whether you’re feeling stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed, your experience with us will go beyond surface-level coping to create real, sustainable change one session at a time. <br>

 

We provide in-person therapy in Philadelphia and offer online therapy throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida via a secure, HIPAA-compliant virtual platform.

Rewrite Your Life & Live Better

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Meet Our Team

of Professional Therapists

Licensed Professional Counselor
Director of Quality Assurance
Licensed in PA, NJ, FL
Professional Counselor
Supervised by Caleb Dunn, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Director of Supervising
Licensed in PA
Couples/Marriage and Family Therapist
Supervised by Nitasha Strait, Ph.D., M.Ed., LMFT, CST
Couples/Marriage & Family Therapist
Supervised by Nitasha Strait, Ph.D., M.Ed., LMFT, CST
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Professional Counselor Intern
Supervised by Claire Savage, LPC
Licensed Couples/Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Owner/CEO
Licensed in PA
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Our Work Is About More Than Relief

Our Signature Therapy Framework

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Awareness

Here is the root-cause analysis. Together, we name what’s actually happening, patterns throughout your life that repeat, stories you tell yourself, signals from your body, and the emotions underneath. Awareness creates clean language and a steady map to deeper understanding, so change stops feeling abstract.

02

Transformations

Here is where the real magic happens! With clarity in hand, we reconcile our past: releasing what’s stuck (a holding pattern, a thought, an emotion or physical feeling) using somatic or EMDR techniques where appropriate, repairing attachment wounds, and practicing new moves in real time. Transformation isn’t a trick; it’s repetition with precision until a different outcome becomes predictable and feels familiar.

03

Integration

Make it yours. We anchor new patterns into daily life, relationships, leadership, sex, and sleep, so the shifts hold under pressure. Integration turns tools into habits and insight into a way of moving through the world.

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Why The Better You Institute for your Therapy Journey?

At The Better You Institute, we offer therapy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida — in person or online. Whether you’re facing anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, or emotional overwhelm, our team is here to support you with care that’s compassionate, process-oriented, and clinically grounded.

We specialize in experiential therapy that moves beyond insight alone. Through somatic work and root-cause approaches like attachment-based therapy and EMDR, we help you not just understand your patterns, but ignite visceral shifts in your body. Our therapists are deeply attuned, skilled in tracking cycles, mapping emotional patterns, and holding space for the kind of discomfort that leads to real transformation.

Rather than relying on surface-level reframes or CBT, we guide you through a nervous system reset to help you reconnect with your inner stability and capacity for change. With individual, couples, and family therapy, you’ll find a path to deep, sustainable healing.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Evidence-Based Therapy Approaches: Care using EMDR, Somatic, Attachment-Based Integrative Models

Trauma-Informed Therapy: Therapists trained to create a safe container while helping you shift away from trauma.

LGBTQIA+ Allied & Affirming Therapy: Identity-Sensitive Therapy

Culturally Competent: Professional therapists who honor your lived experience. 

Experiential, Deep Change: Therapists who create a safe space to guide you through discomfort, helping you process deeply held emotions and beliefs, heal trauma, and master sustainable transformation from the inside out. 

In-Person & Online Therapy: Services offered across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida. 

What to expect in therapy?

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Get Real Therapy For Real Life

We understand that change takes work, and you’ve done the best you could. Now let us help you go further, with insight and intention.